The ACLU of Colorado is investigating the Aurora Police Department's response to a home invasion and kidnapping at the Edge of Lowry apartment complex last month. The victims, a couple from Venezuela, were allegedly targeted after recording a fight and sharing it on social media.
The ACLU of Colorado is investigating law enforcement's response to a reported home invasion and kidnapping at a troubled Aurora apartment complex last month. The crime happened at the Edge of Lowry apartments in Aurora just before 8:45 p.m. on December 16.
During a press conference, Aurora Police Chief Todd Chamberlain said two people – a man and a woman – were accosted by approximately 13 to 15 armed individuals before they were kidnapped and taken to a different unit within the same building.There, Chamberlain said, the victims were “actually bound. They were pistol-whipped. They were beat. They were victimized. They were terrorized.”The victims were not only kidnapped but their home was burglarized and taken over by some of the suspects in the group, Chamberlain added. At around 1:50 a.m. on December 17, the victims were able to talk the group into letting them go, Chamberlain said, adding police were notified about 30 minutes later once the victims were safe at a friend’s home in another part of the city. Nineteen people were detained, and 16 people were taken into federal custody for their alleged ties to the Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua (TdA). Chamberlain said some of the suspects are “without question, 100%” members of TdA. In a follow-up press conference, Chamberlain said the victims in this crime were targeted after they recorded a fight between two women in front of the apartment complex on November 30, which was later shared by a friend of the couple on social media. Chamberlain said the couple’s friend who shared the video “immediately became threatened” by the suspects and was forced to flee the state. Shortly after that person left, the Venezuelan couple was then targeted, leading to the events that occurred on December 16
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